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THE LINUX APPLICATION ECOSYSTEM

Linux apps.
Unpacked.

Find an application, understand its layers, or build your first package. A practical way into the Linglong / Linyaps ecosystem.

Start exploring Find an app
One ecosystem. Your way in. ↓
Application: Your application and its resources. Start with an exact application ID.; Runtime: The shared libraries and framework used by the application. Check the runtime declared by its manifest.; Base: A consistent user-space foundation. Match the base to the package and reference version.; Linux host: The Linux kernel, devices and desktop remain part of the target environment. Verify the system you will use.
Inside the applicationA conceptual model. Select a layer below.

Your application and its resources. Start with an exact application ID. Read the guide ↗

1.14.3Explore the release ↗Documentation · current, 1.6.3 & 1.5.0Choose your version →

PICK A DIRECTION

What will you
make possible?

Skip the maze. Go straight to the workflow that matches your task.

01 / YOUR NEXT STEP

Use an app.

Find it. Check the ID. Understand the install and launch steps.

Your first session 02 / YOUR NEXT STEP

Build something.

From a manifest to a package, with the reference beside you.

Build your first app 03 / YOUR NEXT STEP

Find the cause.

Separate an install, build or launch failure. Keep the useful evidence.

Diagnose a failure

FROM CONCEPT TO COMMAND

See the next step.
Before you run it.

Choose a task. Read the command. Nothing here runs on your computer.

Build a command with your app ID ↗
ll-cli · preview
ll-cli --version
ll-cli list
ll-cli ps

Documented examples, not a record of execution.

Read the ll-cli reference →

KEEP THE REFERENCE CLOSE

Less guessing.
More understanding.

Open documentation ↗

The anatomy of an app

Base, runtime and the boundary with the host.

Find the right installer

Match architecture, package format and release files.

Make a deliberate choice

Linyaps, Flatpak, Snap or AppImage: start with the task.

PEOPLE MAKE THE PROJECT

From the community.

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